Alcohol was apparently still approved, as Slash contributed to Black Death vodka advertisement in 1992. Later that year, he was married to actress and model Renee Sorum. The marriage would last five years.

In October 1996 rumours were confirmed that Slash was no longer a member of Guns n' Roses, although he left the door open for a reunion if Axl Rose would decide to return to guitar-based rock & roll. He gigged off and on with the Blues Ball into 1998, but then decided to re-form the Snakepit in 1999 with an entirely new line-up. They released Ain't Life Grand in October 2000.